Libro "Fractura de cadera en el adulto mayor": recurso de aprendizaje para el médico general / Book "Hip fracture in the elderly": learning resource for the general practitioner

Fundamento: los medios de enseñanza constituyen uno de los ejes vertebrales de las acciones en cualquiera de los niveles de la educación. Objetivo: mostrar los fundamentos teóricos del libro: "Fractura de cadera en el adulto mayor", como recurso de aprendizaje para la superación profesional del médico de familia. Métodos: se realizó una investigación con enfoque cualitativo en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Zoilo Marinello Vidaurreta" de Las Tunas en el año 2021. Se emplearon métodos del nivel teórico para la fundamentación teórica; y empírico: análisis documental para verificar los nexos y relaciones que se ofrecen en los referentes teóricos relacionados con las características que debe poseer un libro de texto como medio de enseñanza en el proceso docente educativo, su importancia, ventajas y fundamentos. Se utilizó el criterio de expertos para valorar su pertinencia, factibilidad y estructura metodológica. Resultados: se presenta un libro diseñado como recurso del aprendizaje para la superación profesional, contiene las particularidades del contenido que se desea enseñar y lo que necesitan aprender los médicos de familia sobre la atención al adulto mayor con fractura de cadera. Está estructurado en trece capítulos con predominio de interrogantes que son respondidas con precisión y claridad. Se resaltan los fundamentos teóricos que lo sustentan. Conclusiones: se mostraron los principales fundamentos teóricos del libro "Fractura de cadera en el adulto mayor", como medio de enseñanza para la superación profesional del médico de familia y se resaltaron sus principales ventajas como componente didáctico del proceso docente educativo.

Background: the teaching means constitute one of the backbones of the actions at any level of education. Objective: to show the theoretical foundations of the book: "Hip fracture in the elderly", as a learning resource for the professional improvement of the family doctor. Methods: a research with a qualitative approach was carried out at "Dr. Zoilo Marinello Vidaurreta" University of Medical Sciences from Las Tunas in 2021. Theoretical methods were used for the theoretical foundation; and documentary analysis as an empirical one to verify the links and relationships that are offered in the theoretical references related to the characteristics that a textbook must have as a teaching medium in the educational process, its importance, advantages and foundations. Expert criteria were used to assess its relevance, feasibility and methodological structure. Results: a book designed as a learning resource for professional improvement is presented; it contains the particularities of the content to be taught and what family doctors need to learn about care for the elderly with hip fracture. It is structured in thirteen chapters with a predominance of questions which are answered with precision and clarity. Its theoretical foundations are highlighted. Conclusions: the main theoretical foundations of the book "Hip fracture in the elderly" were shown as a teaching tool for the professional improvement of the family doctor and its main advantages as a didactic component of the educational teaching process were highlighted.

Estrategia formativa para perfeccionar el autocuidado en pacientes con fractura de cadera / Training strategy to improve self-care in patients with hip fracture

Introducción: Los medios de enseñanzas son los ejes vertebrales de gran parte de las acciones de enseñanzas y aprendizaje desarrolladas en cualquiera de los niveles o modalidades de la educación. Objetivos: Sistematizar y resaltar los fundamentos y ventajas de la guía de autoayuda sobre la fractura de cadera en el adulto mayor, como medio de enseñanza en la superación profesional del médico de la atención primaria. Métodos: Analítico ­ sintético, hipotético ­ deductivo, análisis documental y la entrevista. Resultados: Se elaboró una guía de autoayuda sobre fractura de cadera en el adulto mayor, a partir de falencias detectadas en la atención primaria de salud, que limitan el desempeño de los médicos de este nivel en actividades de promoción de salud en este grupo social. La guía de autoayuda fue diseñada y estructurada, como medio de enseñanza de estrategias de superación profesional, determinando las particularidades del contenido que se desea enseñar y las que se necesitan aprender por estos profesionales, para mejorar su desempeño en la promoción de salud en relación con el adulto mayor con fractura de cadera. Su creación fue concebida como elemento dinamizador del contenido unido a los demás componentes del proceso en busca de lograr los objetivos propuestos. Conclusiones: Se presenta una guía de la colección de autoayuda sobre fractura de cadera en el adulto mayor, diseñado, pensado y elaborado como medio de enseñanza a utilizar en la superación profesional del médico de la atención primaria de salud donde se resaltan los fundamentos teóricos que lo sustentan.

Introduction: Teaching media are the backbone of a large part of the teaching and learning actions developed at every educational level or modality. Objectives: To systematize and highlight the rationale and advantages of the self-help guide for hip fracture in the elderly, considered as a teaching tool in the professional improvement of primary health care ( PHC). Methods: Analytical - synthetic, hypothetical - deductive, documentary analysis and interview. Results: A self-help guide for hip fracture in the elderly was developed, based on deficiencies detected on PHC, which limit the performance of doctors at this level in health promotion activities for the mentioned social group. The self-help guide was designed and structured as a means of teaching professional improvement strategies by determining the content particularities to be taught and those to be learned by these professionals, in order to improve their performance in health promotion for the elderly with hip fracture. This self- help guide was conceived as a dynamic element of the content, that relates to the other components of the process in search of achieving the proposed objectives. Conclusions: We present a self-help collection guide for hip fracture in the elderly, designed, conceived, and elaborated as a teaching tool to be used in the professional improvement of the PHC, and we highlight theoretical foundations

Use of Personal Listening Devices Among College Students in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: The objective of the study was to understand the college students' knowledge practices, and preferences regarding the use of Personal Listening Devices (PLDs) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: An online questionnaire consisting of 21 closed set questions was completed by 894 college students from varied specialities in India. Results: The majority of the participants were attending online classes using their mobile phones with the supplied wired earbuds. And the majority reported using PLDs for 1-4 hours/day for online classes and for less than 2 hours/day for leisure. Most participants listened at moderate to loud volume levels and used it continuously for 3 hours or more per day, and some used it in a noisy environment. The participants were aware that listening at loud levels and for long-duration could be damaging. Conclusion: The students require professional guidance on hearing health, in order to prevent hearing difficulties and develop a cautious attitude towards hearing conservation.

Quality Evaluation of Aurantii Fructus Based on Fingerprint Qualitative Analysis， Multi-component Quantitative Analysis and Chemometrics / 中国实验方剂学杂志

ObjectiveTo establish an integrated method of fingerprint qualitative， multi-component quantitative analysis and chemometrics， and to evaluate the quality attributes and differences of Aurantii Fructus from different production areas and origins. MethodAnalysis was performed on COSMOSIL 5C18-MS-Ⅱ column （4.6 mm×250 mm， 5 μm） with the mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.2% phosphoric acid solution for gradient elution （0-4 min， 19%A； 4-5 min， 19%-21%A； 5-18 min， 21%A； 18-19 min， 21%-28%A； 19-27 min， 28%A； 27-28 min， 28%-40%A； 28-36 min， 40%A； 36-37 min， 40%-50%A； 37-42 min， 50%-60%A； 42-46 min， 60%-95%A； 46-55 min， 95%-100%A）， the flow rate was 1 mL·min-1， the column temperature was 30 ℃， the detection wavelength was set at 320 nm， and the injection volume was 10 μL. High performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） fingerprints of Aurantii Fructus from different production areas and origins were established. Then， the quality of 26 batches of samples was evaluated by cluster analysis （CA）， principal component analysis （PCA） and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis （OPLS-DA）. A method for the determination of 12 components was developed and verified， and a thermal map-based CA of Aurantii Fructus from different production areas and origins was carried out based on the content difference of samples. ResultThe fingerprint and determination methods were well verified. The similarity of HPLC fingerprint of 12 batches of Aurantii Fructus was 0.85-0.996， 20 common peaks were calibrated and 14 of them were assigned. The resolution and linear relationship of 12 components in quantitative analysis were good. The recovery rates were 99.2%-101.0% with RSD≤2.0%. The results of CA， PCA and OPLS-DA indicated that the differentiation of Aurantii Fructus in different production areas was great， and there were differences among different cultivars. ConclusionThe qualitative analysis of fingerprint and quantitative analysis of multiple indexes based on the same chromatographic analysis conditions are convenient， accurate and reliable， and combined with chemometrics， the identification and quality analysis of Aurantii Fructus from different production areas and origins can be realized， which can provide reference for quality control and evaluation of Aurantii Fructus.

Dryness comparison of different fractions of Aurantii Fructus extract on normal mice and gastrointestinal motility disorder rats and spectrum-dryness study / 中国中药杂志

Aurantii Fructus is a commonly used qi-regulating medicinal herb in China. Both traditional Chinese medicine theory and modern experimental research demonstrate that Aurantii Fructus has dryness effect, the material basis of which remains unclear. In recent years, spectrum-effect relationship has been widely employed in the study of active ingredients in Chinese medicinal herbs, the research ideas and methods of which have been constantly improved. Based on the idea of spectrum-effect study, the ultra-high perfor-mance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry(UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS) fingerprints of different fractions of Aurantii Fructus extract were established for the identification of total components. Then, the dryness effects of the fractions on normal mice and gastrointestinal motility disorder(GMD) rats were systematically compared. Finally, principal component analysis(PCA), Pearson bivariate correlation analysis and orthogonal partial least squares analysis(OPLS) were integrated to identify the dryness components of Aurantii Fructusextract. The results showed that narirutin, naringin, naringenin, poncirin, oxypeucedanin, and eriodictyol-7-O-glucoside had significant correlations with and contributed to the expression of AQP2 in kidney, AQP3 in colon, and AQP5 in submandibular gland, which were the main dryness components in Aurantii Fructus.

Identification of Prototype Compounds and Their Metabolites in Rat Plasma After Oral Administration of Aurantii Fructus Extract by UPLC-Q-TOF/MS / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective:To study the serum pharmacochemistry of Aurantii Fructus （AF）， and to investigate the pharmacological material basis of AF extract in rats. Method:Rapid identification and speculation of the prototype constituents and their metabolites in vivo were carried out according to the relative retention time， accurate relative molecular mass， cleavage fragments of MS/MS and neutral loss of metabolites with ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry （UPLC-Q-TOF/MS） technique by comparing the differences between different samples such as AF extracts， blank plasma， and administered plasma under the same chromatographic and mass spectrometric conditions. Result:After oral administration of the AF extract， 74 transitional constituents absorbed into the blood were detected in serum， in which 49 compounds were prototype constituents and the other 25 were metabolites. The prototype constituents could be divided into dihydroflavones， polymethoxyflavonoids， limonins， coumarins and alkaloids. The identified metabolites included glucuronic acid conjugates， sulfuric acid conjugates， hydroxylated products of flavonoid glycosides and polymethoxyflavonoids， as well as the simultaneous glucuronidation and sulfation products. Conclusion:The constituents absorbed into the blood and their metabolites may be the pharmacodynamic components of AF. Among them， alkaloids， polymethoxyflavonoids and coumarins are mainly introduced into the blood in the prototype form， while naringin and neohesperidin （the index components） exert effect mainly through hydrolysis into aglycones. This work will help to further elucidate the material basis of AF.

La universidad y la educación para el cambio climático / The university and the education for the climate change

RESUMEN El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo socializar la estrategia orientada a la educación para el cambio climático en la Universidad de Camagüey. Se utilizaron métodos de los niveles teórico, empírico y matemático-estadísticos. En correspondencia con las insuficiencias detectadas, se sistematizaron los fundamentos epistemológicos relacionados con el rol que debe desempeñar la universidad en la educación para el cambio climático. Se definen presupuestos para la implementación de la Tarea Vida y su tratamiento en el proceso docente educativo en la formación universitaria, así como las etapas de la estrategia: diagnóstico y familiarización, planificación e implementación y evaluación, contentivas de acciones que permiten su materialización.

ABSTRACT The present work has as objective to socialize the strategy oriented to the education for the climate change in the University of Camagüey. Methods of the theoretical, empirical and mathematical - statistical levels were used. In correspondence with the detected insufficiencies, the epistemological foundations related to the roll that the university must redeem in the education for the climate change were systematized. It was defined the budgets for the implementation of the Life Task and its treatment in the educational teaching process in the university education, as well as the stages of the strategy: diagnosis and familiarization, planning and implementation and evaluation comprising of actions that allow its materialization.

Effect of Ethanol from Extract of Tapak Liman Leaves (Elephantopus scaber Linn.) on Hematopoiesis of Anemia Mice

This study assessed the impact of the electrochemically activated aqueous solutions (ECA AS) on the growth and formationof the biofilm of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). The effectiveness of biocides produced by the unipolar electrochemicalactivation of aqueous solutions of sodium chloride was studied. It was found that sequential treatment of the biofilm withcatholyte and anolyte (fractions ECA AS) lead to the most pronounced decrease in the growth rate and density of bacteria.The results obtained demonstrate antibacterial efficacy and the possibility of using ECA AS for the prevention anddisinfection of aquatic systems, for example, at the enterprises of the agro-industry and the food industry

Anti-inflammatory Activity of Sambucus Plant Bioactive Compounds against TNF-α and TRAIL as Solution to Overcome Inflammation Associated Diseases: The Insight from Bioinformatics Study

Inflammation is the crucial biological process of immune system which acts as body's defense and protective response against the injuries or infection. However, the systemic inflammation devotes the adverse effects such as multiple inflammation associated diseases. One of the best ways to treat this entity is by blocking the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) to avoid the proinflammation cytokines production. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the potency of Sambucus bioactive compounds as anti-inflammation through in silico approach. In order to assess that, molecular docking was performed to evaluate the interaction properties between the TNF-α or TRAIL with the ligands. The 2D structure of ligands were retrieved online via PubChem and the 3D protein modeling was done by using SWISS Model. The prediction results of the study showed that caffeic acid (−6.4 kcal/mol) and homovanillic acid (−6.6 kcal/mol) have the greatest binding affinity against the TNF-α and TRAIL respectively. This evidence suggests that caffeic acid and homovanillic acid may potent as anti-inflammatory agent against the inflammation associated diseases. Finally, this study needs further examination and evaluation to validate the potency of Sambucus bioactive compounds.

Hematopoiesis Activity of Sambucus javanica on Chloramphenicol-induced Aplastic Anemia Mouse Model

Hematopoiesis has a pivotal role in the maintenance of body homeostasis. Ironically, several hematological disorder caused by chemicals, drugs, and other environmental factors lead to severe bone marrow failure. Current treatments like stem cell transplantation and immunosuppression remain ineffective to ameliorate this diseases. Therefore, a newtreatment to overcome this entity is necessary, one of them by promoting the usage of medicinal plants. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the hematopoiesis potency of S. javanica berries and leaves extracts in chloramphenicol (CMP)-induced aplastic anemia mice model. In this present study, several types of blood progenitor cell such as TER-119⁺VLA-4⁺ erythrocytes lineage, Gr-1⁺ granulocytes, and B220⁺ B-cell progenitor cells were evaluated by flow cytometry analysis. Accordingly, we revealed that S. javanica berries and leaves extracts significantly promoted TER-119⁺VLA-4⁺ erythrocytes lineage and Gr-1⁺ granulocytes after exposed by CMP. Thus, these results suggested that S. javanica berries and leaves extracts might have hematopoiesis activity in CMP-induced aplastic anemia mice model.

comparative analysis of serum albumin from different species to determine a natural source of albumin that might be useful for human therapy

Objectives: Serum albumin [SA] is one of the most abundant proteins in human plasma and performs functions for protein transport, scavenges for free radicals, and regulates osmotic pressure. SA has been used for therapy in humans with several diseases including hypovolemia, hypoalbuminemia, and chronic liver disease. However, the most appropriate source of albumin for medical applications remains unclear, especially in the case of viral infections, which complicates finding viable donors. Substitution of human serum albumin [HSA] with albumin from other natural sources is a viable alternative. Therefore, we elucidated the similarity in character, structure and evolutionary relationship among serum albumin isolated from seven different species

Methods: We compared the sequence, structure, and properties of SA from different species using an in-silico approach

Results: These data suggested that SA has sequence polymorphism that clusters based on closely relatedspecies. However, these polymorphisms do not change the three-dimensional structure of the protein; this may serve to maintain its function as a transporter. The Gallus gallus albumin has the lowest number of the epitopes that closely resemble HSA

Conclusion: This study is crucial in providing explicit information about the structural similarity of albumin isolated from other species compared to HSA. The Gallus gallus SA might be used as a primary natural source of albumin where warranted for human therapy

Morbilidad y mortalidad por fractura de cadera / Morbility and mortality due to hip fracture

Objetivo: demostrar las causas fundamentales que atentan contra la morbilidad y mortalidad de los pacientes operados de fractura de cadera. Métodos: se realizó un trabajo descriptivo, transversal y prospectivo de los pacientes operados de fractura de cadera en el Hospital General Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, en el período comprendido entre enero de 2007 y septiembre de 2009. Resultados: se demostró un predominio de esta lesión en el sexo femenino (60,7 por ciento) y en los pacientes entre los 71 y 80 años de edad (26,6 por ciento), igualmente la cirugía de urgencia fue la opción terapéutica más usada en 69,3 por ciento de los casos; las fracturas trocantéricas resultaron las más frecuentes. La descompensación de enfermedades de base y la decisión familiar, con 25,3 por ciento, 18,7 por ciento y 16 por ciento fueron las principales causas que obstaculizaron la cirugía de urgencia. En los pacientes con una estadía preoperatoria menor de 72 h, el porcentaje de complicaciones fue bajo. Conclusiones: la desorientación, la bronconeumonía y las escaras de decúbito, resultaron las complicaciones más frecuentes. El porcentaje de fallecidos fue mucho mayor en los pacientes con familias disfuncionales que en las familias funcionales, demostrándose el papel determinante del entorno familiar en la evolución y el pronóstico de estos pacientes

Objective: to demonstrate the main causes to attempt the morbility and mortality of patients operated on hip fracture. Methods: a prospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in the patients operated on hip fracture in the Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital from January, 2007 to September, 2009. Results: there was predominance of this type of lesion in female sex (60.7 percent) and in patients aged between 71 and 80 (26.6 percent); the emergency surgery was the therapeutical option more used in the 69.3 percent of cases; the trochanteric fractures were the more frequent ones. The decompensation of base disease and the family decision with a 25.3 percent, 18.7 percent and 16 percent were the leading causes hampered the emergency surgery. In patients with a preoperative stage less than 72 h, the percentage of complications was low. Conclusions: the disorientation, bronchopneumonia and decubitus sores were the more frequent complications. The percentage of deceased was greater in patients with dysfunctional families than in the functional ones, demonstrating the determinant role of family environment in the natural history and prognosis of these patients

Fractura de cadera y mieloma múltiple / Hip fracture and the multiple myeloma

Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 75 años de edad que acudió al servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología del Hospital General Docente Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna en la provincia de Las Tunas, con el antecedente de haber sido operado de una fractura patológica de cadera hacía alrededor de 1 año y medio, sin imagen tumoral evidente, que perdió su seguimiento y reapareció en lra consulta al cabo de este tiempo con refractura, pérdida de la fijación y ruptura del implante producto de una imagen lítica tumoral de la región trocantérica, cuyo estudio arrojó un mieloma múltiple. Un caso infrecuente e interesante desde el punto de vista científico y educativo

This is the case of a patient aged 75 came to Orthopedics and Traumatology service of the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital in Las Tunas province, operated on of a hip pathological fracture one a half year ago, without an obvious tumor image, lost of follow-up reappearing in the first consultation after this time presenting with a re-fracture of the trochanteric region, whose study demonstrated a multiple myeloma. This is an infrequent and interesting case from the scientific and educational point of view

Vertebral osteomyelitis; methods for diagnosis and means of treatment

Vertebral osteomyelitis is an uncommon illness; adults are mostly affected. Our objective is to evaluate the short term outcome of oral versus parenteral antimicrobials treatment for pyogenic [nontuberculous and non-brucellosis] vertebral osteomyelitis, and the best invasive diagnostic method yielding a microbiological diagnosis. The medical records were reviewed in a retrospective study for patients >/- 18 years old from five urban hospitals within Amman-Jordan; two teaching and three primary care hospitals, during the period between August 1999 to June 2007. Due to the small numbers in the arm of antimicrobials treatment, tstudents' test was used to assess inferences like 95% confidence interval and p-values for the difference among treatment arms. Seventy-four medical records were available, inpatients records 35 from two teaching hospitals, 39 records from three primary care hospitals. The orally treated patients showed lack of difference against the parenteral therapy group at the end of 6 weeks therapy [p > 0.05]. Diagnostic methods tested for microbiological diagnosis were as follows; True cut biopsy, fine needle aspiration and limited laminectomy did not differ significantly in their microbiological diagnostic ability. Our data suggested lack of difference between oral and parenteral therapy groups at the end of six weeks treatment, but a questionable tendency [95% CI; -0.11 to 0.64, p= 0.08]. The diagnostic ability of the three methods did not suggest significant differences [p >0.05], except for true cut biopsy versus fine needle aspiration where it showed tendency [95% CI; - 0.20 to 0.42, p= 0.07]. The key to successful management is the early diagnosis, and bone sampling for microbiological examination, allowing proper antimicrobial selection. A proper bone sampling method is important to evaluate, especially in the absence of surgical indication and the co-notation in some parts of the world that M. tuberculosis is the most -if not the sole- pathogen in vertebral osteomyelitis

girl with albright hereditary osteodystrophy

A female patient named Amany Yosef Abd El Hamed, aged 11 years, from Kafr Soltan, El Santa [El Gharbia]. She complained of recurrent attacks of carpopedal spasm for 3 yrs and every time the patient was admitted to hospital and received IV Ca without definitive diagnosis. The history is not significant with negative consanguinity and no similar condition. Pulse was 70 B/min, temperature 37 c, RR16- cycle/min, B/P 80/50, Wt. 35 kg, and Height was 145.5 cm. Shortening of the 4th and, 5th metacarpals, and no cataract. Serum. Ca level [ionized] was low [0.66 mmol/L], serum Ph level was high [7 mg/dl], serum alkaline phosphatase was high [130 u/L], serum parathormone was high [272.9 Pg/mL], and serum Mg was normal [2.3 mg/dl]. Ca in 24 h urine was normal. Renal functions tests and arterial blood gases were normal. TSH, freeT4, and free T3 were normal. Brain CT scans showed basal ganglia calcification. The girl was diagnosed as Pseudohypoparathyroidism type I a, [Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy [AHO]]

Comportamiento del embarazo postérmino en nuestro medio / Behavior of the post-term pregnancy in our environment

El embarazo postérmino a lo largo de los años ha sido motivo de angustia y preocupación familiar. Objetivo: Determinar cómo se comportó el embarazo postérmino en nuestro medio. Método: Se realizó un estudio prospectivo descriptivo y lineal en el hospital Ginecobstétrico Provincial Docente Ana Betancourt de Mora de Camagüey, de enero a diciembre de 2006. El universo y la muestra estuvieron constituidos por 100 gestantes que tuvieron este evento en las 42 semanas de embarazo y más. Resultados: Predominó el grupo etáreo entre 19 y 24 años, con un total de 35 para un 3,5 por ciento del universo, el 6,6 por ciento, no tenían experiencia previa de parto. El modo de terminación del embarazo más frecuente fue el inducido con 86, (86 por ciento), y el tipo de parto, el distócico con 53 para un 53 por ciento. La característica de líquido que predominó fue el meconial. Conclusiones: La depresión respiratoria moderada en el neonato fue la principal causa de morbilidad encontrada, seguido de la BALAM. Mientras que en las madres la enfermedad asociada al embarazo más frecuente fue la anemia ferripriva moderada.

The post-term pregnancy throughout the years has been reason of anguish and family concern. Objective: To determine how the pregnancy post-term behaved in our environment. Method: A prospective descriptive and lineal study was performed in the Provincial Educational Gynecobstetric Hospital Ana Betancourt de Mora of Camagüey, from January to December 2006. The universe and the sample were constituted by 100 pregnancy women that had this event in the 42 weeks of pregnancy and more. Results: The age group that prevailed was the one of 19 and 24 years, with a total of 35 for 3,5 percent of the universe, 6,6 percent didn't have previous experience of childbirth. The most frequent way of ending of pregnancy was the induced one with 86, (86 percent), and the childbirth type, the dystocic with 53 for 53 percent. The fluid characteristic that prevailed was the meconial. Conclusions: The moderate respiratory depression in the neonate was the main cause of morbility found, followed by BALAM. While in mothers the most frequent associated disease to pregnancy was the moderate ferripriva anemia.

Embarazo ectópico ovárico: reporte de un caso / Ovarian ectopic pregnancy: a case report

El embarazo ectópico es un trastorno que reviste gran importancia por las complicaciones que su evolución lleva implícita en la mujer, resulta poco común, su incidencia es de 0,3-3 por ciento. Se reporta el caso de una mujer de 39 años de edad atendida por nuestro equipo en el cumplimiento de una misión internacionalista en un hospital municipal, Ghana, África, con el diagnóstico clínico de un embarazo. Ultrasonográficamente se diagnosticó un embarazo ectópico a nivel del ovario, en esta oportunidad se le propuso a la señora interrupción del embarazo y por situaciones económicas, no accedió y se fue a su casa. Volvió 12 semanas más tarde y el feto estaba muerto. Se operó por laparotomía y se extrajo un feto femenino de alrededor de 36 semanas de embarazo. Fue dada de alta cinco días después con una evolución satisfactoria.

Ectopic pregnancy is a disorder of great importance for the complications its evolution is implicit in woman, turns out to be uncommon, its incidence is about 0,3-3 percent. A case of a 39 years old woman attended by our team in the fulfillment of an internationalist mission at a municipal hospital, Ghana, Africa is reported, with a pregnancy as clinical diagnosis. Ultrasonography diagnosed an ectopic pregnancy to the ovary level, in this opportunity interruption of pregnancy was proposed to the woman and for economic situations, she did not agree and she went to her house. She returned 12 weeks later and the fetus was dead. She had an operation for laparotomy and a female fetus about 36 weeks of pregnancy was extracted. She was discharged from the hospital five days after with a satisfactory evolution.

Ruptura muscular del flexor profundo del V dedo de la mano derecha / Muscular rupture of deep flexor of the fifth finger of the right hand

Paciente masculino de 40 años de edad, mecánico de profesión, al que un traumatismo de alta intensidad le provocó de forma repentina hiperextensión forzada de los dedos de la mano derecha, lo que originó ruptura musculotendinosa del flexor profundo del quinto dedo. Se comenta acerca de las características de esta lesión

Osteotomías estabilizadoras y fijación interna en las fracturas inestables de cadera / Stabilizing osteotomies and internal fixation in unsteady hip fractures

Se realizó un estudio longitudinal prospectivo en 50 pacientes con diagnóstico de fracturas inestables de cadera a los que se les sometió a osteotomías estabilizadoras y fijación interna en el Hospital General Docente "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna". Se conformó un grupo de estudio al que se le aplicó la técnica de Dimon y Hughston y un grupo control al que se le aplicó la técnica de Sarmientos. Se evaluó la eficacia de ambos tipos de osteotomías en relación con el tiempo de consolidación y la estabilidad de la reducción,. Se analizó el comportamiento de diversas variables y su influencia en los resultados. El sexo más afectado fue el femenino y el grupo de edades, el de 70-79 años. Predominaron las fracturas tipo III de la clasificación de Tronzo en ambos grupos. Los resultados se mostraron buenos en el 58 por ciento de los pacientes, los del grupo de estudio aportaron un mayor porcentaje. La pérdida de la fijación y el retardo de la consolidación sobresalieron entre las complicaciones en los operados con la técnica de Sarmientos